A New York real estate tycoon plunges to his death on a Manhattan sidewalk.
A trophy wife with a past survives a narrow escape from a brazen attack.
Mobsters and moguls with no shortage of reasons to kill trot out their alibis.
And then, in the suffocating grip of a record heat wave, comes another shocking
murder and a sharp turn in a tense journey into the dirty little secrets of the
wealthy. Secrets that prove to be fatal. Secrets that lay hidden in the dark
until one NYPD detective shines a light.
Mystery sensation Richard Castle, blockbuster author of the wildly
best-selling Derrick Storm novels, introduces his newest character, NYPD
Homicide Detective Nikki Heat. Tough, sexy, professional, Nikki Heat carries a
passion for justice as she leads one of New York City's top homicide squads.
She's hit with an unexpected challenge when the commissioner assigns superstar
magazine journalist Jameson Rook to ride along with her to research an article
on New York's Finest. Pulitzer Prize-winning Rook is as much a handful as he is
handsome. His wise-cracking and meddling aren't her only problems. As she works
to unravel the secrets of the murdered real estate tycoon, she must also
confront the spark between them. The one called heat.
I should start by saying that even if you’re not a fan of
Castle, the television series, you can still pick up “Richard Castle’s” books
and find them interesting. There might be a few insiders, such as the end
acknowledgements that non fans would not completely get grasp of, but
seemingly, that’s not important. However, being that I am a fan of the tv
series, I was a bit disappointed, but I’m hoping the other books that follow in
this series make up for it.
Plot: It very well felt like an episode of Castle. And if
you’re unfamiliar with Castle, think any other murder investigation show.
Someone is killed. Detectives go to investigate and solve the murder. Except
one detective isn’t going in alone considering she has a reporter following her
around for research. Together they work to solve the murder.
Characters: Similar to episodes of Castle, and again I
kind of feel like I have to compare it to the show since these books are
supposed to be written by a fiction character on Castle, we find out about the
characters as the story progressives. Each character sort of has a backstory.
Some backstories are revealed more than others. I really hope that these
backstories are presented in the future books. It should definitely add more
plot to the books if that’s the case.
Relationships: I think one thing that I like more in the
books than I do on the show is the playfulness and sarcasm of the detectives
with each other. While Castle, the show, has great writing, I personally
favored the way these characters were constant at each other’s throats with
snarky comments.
Romance: One of the things I really loved about the
romance aspect in Heat Wave is that the author, Richard Castle, makes it seem
like Nikki Heat is the one in major heat for Jameson Rook. That seems like
something Richard Castle, the character in the TV series, would do. Anyone who
watches the show knows that Rick is always the one who is pursuing Kate with
his flirty comments. Oh, and I could totally see Kate confronting him on making
the character based on her all hot for the character that is based on him.
Well, maybe in the earlier seasons which is when the book was written.
Writing: One thing that I liked is that the author jumps
from scene to scene. I’m not really a huge fan of two page color descriptions
and in Heat Wave, I don’t have to worry about that at all. This book is very
fast paced and almost passes you by.
3 out of 5 stars
to Heat Wave by Richard Castle
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